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Lauren Aguirre, Executive Editor
Kristine Allington, Project Coordinator
Jon Alper, Encoding
Jamie Biggar, Quicktime Interactivity
Kit Buckley, Video Scripting
Darcy Forlenza, Editorial Assistant
Rick Groleau, Managing Editor
Jay Harlow, Illustrator
James Heuser, Web Intern
Tyler Howe, Senior Designer
Brenden Kootsey, Senior Web Developer
Lexi Krock, Associate Editor
Alan Kwan, Developer
David Levin, Assistant Editor
Susan K. Lewis, Editor
Jacqueline Mitchell, Editorial Assistant
Tacita Morway, Senior Developer
Sonali Patel, Designer
Melissa Salpietra, Assistant Editor
Peter Tyson, Editor in Chief
Rachel VanCott, Editoral Assistant
Anya Vinokour, Senior Designer
Special Thanks
Juan R. Cruz, NASA Langley Research Center
Anna Davis, MDTV Productions
Image Credits
Mars homepage
Image Composite: (Mars) © NASA/JPL (martian soil) © NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University
Life's Little Essential
Images: (waterfall, iceberg) © Peter Tyson; (Titan) © NASA, Voyager 2
Ask the Expert
Image: (Leslie Tamppari) Courtesy Leslie Tamppari
"Live" From Mars
Twitter badges courtesy Twitter.com
Behind the Scenes
Images: (Mark Davis et al) Courtesy of Mark Davis/MDTV Productions; (rover lab, parachute, rover, launchpad, mission control) © WGBH/NOVA/MDTV Productions
Man on a Mission
Images: (Squyres) © Diane Bollen; Illustrations: © Cornell University/NASA/JPL and Dan Maas; (all other photos) © NASA/JPL
Mars From Afar
Images: (the planet, terrain) © NASA/JPL; (canyon) © NASA/NSSDC, Viking Orbiter; (volcano) © NASA/NSSDC, Viking 1; (volcanic vent, polar gas channels) Courtesy NASA/JPL/University of Arizona; (sand dunes, crater, ice cap, faulting, layered rocks, gullies, clouds, mesas, landslide, plains, dust storms) © NASA/JPL/MSSS; (frozen water) Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University; (Mars globe) © NASA/USGS
Mars Up Close
Images: (all) © NASA/JPL/Cornell
Anatomy of a Rover
Images: (illustrations) © Cornell University/NASA/JPL and Dan Maas
Design a Parachute
Images: (illustrations) © WGBH/NOVA
From Launch to Landing
Videos: (Spirit) © 2002 Cornell University. Animation by Dan Maas. All rights reserved. This work was performed for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, sponsored by the U.S. government under Prime Contract # NAS7-1407 between the California Institute of Technology and NASA. Copyright and other rights in the design drawings of the Mars Exploration Rover are held by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech)/ Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Use of the MER design has been provided to Cornell courtesy of NASA, JPL, and Caltech; (Phoenix) Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
Martian weather video
Images and video: (Mars, Earth, sun) Courtesy NASA/JPL; (Vicky Hipkin) Courtesy Canadian Space Agency; (clock) © istockphoto.com/russelltate.com; (sun and snowflake) © istockphoto.com/enjoynz; (street sign) © istockphoto.com/SilkenOne; (thermometer) © istockphoto.com/omergenc; (water drop) © istockphoto.com/lushik; (vice) © istockphoto.com/jangeltun; (glass of water) © istockphoto.com/AlonzoDesign; (Phoenix Mars Lander video artist's depiction) Courtesy NASA/JPL; (cloud video, dust devil video) Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University; (frost video) Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University/University of Aarhus/University of Copenhagen; (photo corners) © istockphoto.com/kcastagnola; (martian surface) Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M; (martian sunset) Courtesy NASA/JPL/Texas A&M/Cornell; (Victoria crater, dunes at Endurance crater) Courtesy NASA/JPL/Cornell
TV Program Description
Images: (Is There Life on Mars?) © NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/Texas A&M University; (Welcome to Mars) © NASA/JPL; (MARS Dead or Alive) © Cornell University/NASA/JPL and Dan Maas
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TV Program Credits
Written and Produced by
Jonathan Grupper
Co-Producer
Anna Lee Strachan
Senior Producer
Julia Cort
Edited By
Sak Costanzo
Additional Producing
Mark Davis
Narrated By
Jay O. Sanders
Camera
Nathan Shelton
Keith Page
Gary Henoch
Michael Anderson
Reuben Aaronson
Peter Bonilla
Tim Gibbons
Brad White
Sound Recordists
Jake Sutton
Mike Andrews
Andy Wiskes
Nathan Shelton
Jim Scott
Michael Cottrell
Assistant Camera
Dan Merrill
Grip
Josh Roberts
Music
Gary Pozner
Rob Morsberger
Tom Phillips
Andreas Bjørck
Animation
Nth Degree Design & Visual fx, Inc
Anthony Kraus
Assistant Editors
Evelyn Carrigan
Demi Ray
Chris Chandler
Tyler H. Walk
Online Editor and Colorist
Michael H. Amundson
Audio Mix
John Jenkins
Production Assistants
Andrew Clark
Naava Grupper
Lou Wiskes
Keith Woodhams
Interns
Maya Peeva
Rose Rongitsch
Alex Marinello
Archival Material
NASA
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Goddard Space Flight Center
Scientific Visualization Studio
California Institute of Technology
University of Arizona
Texas A&M University
Lockheed Martin
Indiana State Museum
ITN
ESA
Rover and Spacecraft Animation
Maas Digital, LLC
Dan Maas
John Niehaus
Justin Wick
Mars Animation and Graphics
Anna D. Saraceno, MDTV Productions
Early Mars Flyover Visualizations
Kees Veenenbos
Special Thanks
Sara Hammond
John Beck
Zena Cardman
JPL Media Relations
Harvard Museum of Natural History
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NOVA Series Graphics
yU + co.
NOVA Theme Music
Walter Werzowa
John Luker
Musikvergnuegen, Inc.
Additional NOVA Theme Music
Ray Loring
Rob Morsberger
Closed Captioning
The Caption Center
Publicity
Carole McFall
Eileen Campion
Victoria Louie
Karinna Sjo-Gaber
Karen Laverty
Marketing
Steve Sears
Researcher
Kate Becker
Senior Researcher
Gaia Remerowski
Production Coordinator
Linda Callahan
Paralegal
Sarah Erlandson
Talent Relations
Scott Kardel, Esq.
Janice Flood
Legal Counsel
Susan Rosen
Production Assistant
Ryan Murdock
Post Production Assistant
Darcy Forlenza
Associate Producer, Post Production
Patrick Carey
Post Production Supervisor
Regina O'Toole
Post Production Editors
Rebecca Nieto
Jason York
Post Production Manager
Nathan Gunner
Compliance Manager
Linzy Emery
Development Producer
Pamela Rosenstein
Supervising Producer
Stephen Sweigart
Business Manager
Joseph P. Tracy
Senior Producer and Project Director
Lisa Mirowitz
Coordinating Producer
Laurie Cahalane
Senior Science Editor
Evan Hadingham
Senior Series Producer
Melanie Wallace
Managing Director
Alan Ritsko
Senior Executive Producer
Paula S. Apsell
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